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| 11 December 2014 |
Challenges Facing Region on Agenda of UNESCWA 24th Ministerial Session |
The New Challenges Facing Western Asia and their Impact on UNESCWA Work is the one of the priorities listed on the agenda of the 24th Ministerial Session being held under the auspices of Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri at the UN House, Beirut, on 10-11 May 2006. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Amman Hosts Three Regional UN-ESCWA Meetings |
The Jordanian capital, Amman, is set to host three regional UN-ESCWA meetings between 18 and 21 December 2006. They are: “Seminar on Follow-Up of Activities of the Regional Mechanism on the Development of Energy Uses for Sustainable Development”, “Regional Workshop on Energy Efficiency Labeling”, and “Regional Workshop on Clean Development Mechanism: Project Document Preparation in UN-ESCWA Member Countries”. |
| 11 December 2014 |
Executive Secretary Meets Bahraini Prime Minister, Holds Press Conference to Conclude Bahrain Meeting |
The National Conference on Social Development in Bahrain, organized by the Kingdom’s Ministry of Social Development and UNESCWA on 24-25 April 2006, ended with a press conference at the Manama Crown Plaza Hotel held by Bahraini Minister of Social Development Fatima Al-Bloushi and UNESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy. |
| 16 March 2016 |
E-forum on Participation and Consensus Building |
Two years after the eruption of the Arab uprisings, protestors continue to fill the streets of major Arab cities. While the initial objective of the Arab uprisings was to pressure their long time rulers to step down, Arab citizens also demanded their rights to dignity, social justice and to participate in the making of their futures. However, the means through which to achieve those demands remains unclear. |
| 16 May 2019 |
ESCWA experts delve into intellectual property systems of Arab region |
Beirut, 28 April 2019 (ESCWA)--By 2017, only 0.37% of world-wide patent applications were made at Arab Intellectual Property (IP) offices, with more applications from men than from women. |
| 5 December 2014 |
Impact of Globalization on the Social Situation in ESCWA Region |
Within the above framework, globalization is a dynamic and irreversible process; it is increasingly affecting the economic and social structures of developed and developing countries alike. Yet as a process, globalization is blamed, by many, for the perpetuation of poverty and the exacerbation of socio-economic inequity. It generates “inequity” within and across countries. For the countries of the region, this issue is a priority on the social agenda. |
| 3 December 2018 |
Workshop highlights tools and actions to implement road safety in the Arab region |
Beirut, 28 November 2018 (Communication and Information Unit) – The number of road fatalities in the Arab region in 2013 increased by 1.05% compared with 2010, while it should have declined by 9.3% to achieve results consistent with the United Nations Road Safety Decade. |
| 8 March 2016 |
Participatory Human Development in Post-Conflict Countries in the ESCWA region |
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| 11 December 2014 |
ESCWA Discusses Social Protection as Development |
ESCWA today opened a workshop on “Social Protection as Development” at the UN House in Beirut with the aim of developing effective and integrated systems in this field. The workshop’s opening was attended by Palestinian Minister of Social Affairs Magida El Masri, Jordanian Minister of Labor Mahmoud Kafawin, ESCWA Deputy Executive Secretary Nadim Khoury and Lebanese Minister of Social Affairs’ representative Randa Bou Hamdan. |
| 11 December 2014 |
UN-ESCWA Cooperates on National Social Policy Conference in Egypt |
Integrated Social Policy in Egypt, why and what’s the purpose? Is there a difference between social policy and social services? Will the absence of social policy lead to a vacuum? Who will fill this vacuum? Irresponsible factions or extremists? |
